by mike | Jul 14, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Over the past couple of weeks I watched (yet again) the five films featuring superspy/assassin Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) in four of them, and superspy/assassin Aaron Cross (Jeremy Renner) in one. I absolutely love this series, and since the door was left open at the...
by mike | Jul 3, 2025 | Creature Features, Fantasy, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Thrillers, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Western Movies |
Sometimes we could all use a good scream, especially the way things are these days. This post first ran in 2022. One of my all-time favorite movies is the 1954 sci-fi/monster thriller, Them! That’s the one about nuclear testing in the New Mexico desert causing common...
by mike | Jun 23, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Creature Features, Horror Movies, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
Last Friday, in addition to it being the Summer Solstice, Steven Spielberg’s classic thriller, Jaws, celebrated the 50th anniversary of its 1975 release. Naturally, I had to watch the awesome movie for the…let’s see, 783rd time, give or take. I never get tired of what...
by mike | Jun 2, 2025 | Action/Adventure, Death, Disaster Movies, Disasters, Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I finally figured it out. I finally understood why, given my fear of heights and an even greater phobia about falling, I watched just about every mountain-climbing movie out there. It was because—from the safety of my couch or the theater seat—I wanted to understand...
by mike | Apr 21, 2025 | Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
In my post earlier this month, which chronicled Val Kilmer’s untimely death, I mentioned some of his most noteworthy roles, such as in Thunderheart, Tombstone, Top Gun, The Doors, and others. But neither my post, nor the majority of other articles and obituaries,...
by mike | Mar 6, 2025 | Creature Features, Horror, Horror Movies, Monster Movies, Monsters, Movies, Science Fiction, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
This is shaping up to be a great franchise. I first presented this post in 2022. The story contained within the remarkable 2018 horror film, A Quiet Place, began on “Day 89” and went forward from there. So when A Quiet Place: Part II (2020) opens on “Day 1” we are...
